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[speckled hen]

Hi everyone

Well Colin is loving his newly found role as cockerel instead of pretending to be a girl. I posted before to say that the people across the road also have a cockerel, which was going to be a great cover for colin crowing Anyway it would seem that the boys have different plans, we are now woken to the cockerel chorus, one starts crowing and the other answers they have very distinctive sounds so anyone who listens will no there is two of them

 

No complaints so far, one neighbour has said it all adds to the morning chorus of living in the countryside.

 

Anyone else have a Cockerel chorus?

[CluckyBucks]

No but it sounds lovely

 

Looks like they are friends

 

xx xx

[henriette]

Earlier in the summer we had a cockerel chorus. It was really funny to hear. Henri would crow, then the cockerel in the farm across the valley would crow. This went on for several weeks then stopped. Have no idea why. Now poor Henri just crows to his girls!

[Tulip]

Sounds fabulous!

 

I'm hoping not to get a cockerel chorus from my little Keema. He was clearing his throat a week or two ago, but not heard a peep from him since. Interestingly, walking to the bus stop at 7.45 yesterday we heard a cockerel crow in the next street! We're in quite a built-up area so the sounds stopped OH and I in our tracks!

 

I *have* to find him.....

[Eggquisite]

Hi Specked Hen!

 

Yes we have a cockerel chorus

 

Our Rhubster and the farm next to us have

one too! Just not looking forward to next spring

we won't be needing an alarm clock

[smanners]

Would love to hear a cockerel chorus but sadly not able to have one where I live

 

But I have set my new mobile phone text alert to the sound of a cockerel though which sometimes I forget and rush out into the garden wondering which hen is a he

[Jennifer Jane]

We have a cockerel chorus when we holiday in France and love listening to it too. Our neighbour's cockerel has a little mound that he runs on to to hold a conversation with his (unseen by us) friend on the other side of us.

 

I would love a cockerel but we live in suburbia, so it's not feasible - although there is one somewhere nearby that we hear crowing early in the morning. I think it might be at the primary school. Having chickens seems to be very popular with schools now. My workmate visited a potential secondary school for her son and said they had a hen and THREE cockerels, which seem a bit hard on the poor hen. I wonder if they raised them from chicks?

 

JJ

[Egluntyne]

This is one of the reasons why keeping cockerels in an urban area is tricky. If cockerels hear each other, they compete, in order to mark their territory and the problem is magnified.

 

The sound of cockerels crowing is defined as a noise nuisance in law.

[speckled hen]

I have been out and warned Colin that he is breaking the law with his singing, he didn't seem that worried as he put his head up and crowed

 

On a serious note, I really hope no one decides to complain. I have mentioned it to all of our neighbours and no problems so far. However, we have new neighbours who are "townies" through and through (no offence meant to anyone), they have cut down every tree and anything that grows as it is untidy so goodness only knows what they will say when they move in and hear colin

 

But for now, the chorus continues

[Redwing]

We have a few cockerels including ours and they all try to out-do each other none are partcularly dominant though - when we had our big table bird cockerel he crowed constantly and the others stayed quiet - maybe thats because they realised that it wasnt worth competing they all found their voices when Dodge found the freezer

[xScrunchee]

I think it's a shame that people have the right to moan about cockerels crowing.

Once upon a time, it was a normal sound and people just put up with it but nowadays anything unfamiliar is considered a nuisance. The world's gone barmy if you ask me

[Tulip]

Quite right, scrunchee.

 

Keema gave it another go this morning ("eek-EEEK!") but couldn't make himself heard over the bokbokking of the girls. His little squeak just makes me laugh so much.

 

(He's a titchy serama so shouldn't ever be too gobby )

[speckled hen]

I really love listening to him, he is out in the garden this afternoon crowing now and then, he looks so proud of himself His crow is getting more and more impressive

[Cinnamon]

I have a cockerel chorus too

 

As well as Indiana, there are about 3 or 4 others around the village, & they do seem to chat to each other

[craftyhunnypie]

Spongebob & Bingo crow together in harmony - I don't know how they do it, but it's good.

My other cockerel ' Boon' will do a bellow of a crow twice, then that's it. My silkie is 18 weeks on Wednesday & no crow as yet, perhaps he could harmonise with the others. I love it, my neighbours love it.

 

Emma.x

[Janty]

My Mum-in-law has recently introduced a Silver Dorking cockerel to her flock. He competes with my He/She (ex-batt turned 'cockerel') that now lives with the in-laws as I can't have a cockerel even if it isn't a proper one.

[Snowy]

I'd love a cockerel chorus! I could be tempted too - if i walk 20 yards down to the bottom of our cul de sac, there is a jitty with high fences on both sides. As soon as I get into the jitty, i can hear the cockerels in one of the gardens that backs onto it. I first heard just one cockerel about 3 weeks ago, but yesterday morning i swear there were at least three competing! Wonder if I could get away with it too?

[xScrunchee]

I don't see why not if others near to you have got them

 

When I asked the council they said that I am 100% allowed a cockerel but if people complained then the complaints would have to be investigated.

 

I just do all I can to try and keep his crowing within reasonable hours and hope for the best

 

So far so good. I have even rang the council since getting him to ask if any complaints had been made -none so far